There was a little more drama for Pozzi who described his debut on Manchester's pop-up track at the Arcadis Great CityGames in the 110m hurdles as "carnage".

Britain's world indoor champion and American world record-holder Aries Merritt were expected to dominate, but both clattered their final hurdles as Poland's Damian Czykier stunned everybody to win in 13.67s.

"A couple of scratches, a bit of blood but thankfully I'm OK," said Pozzi who finished third.

"I was getting really close to nearly all of the hurdles and in the end I nearly wore one! I felt I hit a hurdle with my hand, another one with my foot.

"It was just carnage. It was a strange start to the season but it was good fun."